[House Document 113-118]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-118
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING
PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR
INSTITUTIONS IN BELARUS, AS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13405, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 16, 2014, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
June 11, 2014.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national
emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date
of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal
Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that
the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary
date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating
that the national emergency with respect to the actions and
policies of certain members of the Government of Belarus and
other persons to undermine Belarus's democratic processes or
institutions that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June
16, 2006, is to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2014.
The actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's
democratic processes or institutions, to commit human rights
abuses related to political repression, and to engage in public
corruption continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United
States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary
to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13405 with respect to Belarus.
Barack Obama.
The White House, June 10, 2014.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and
Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other
Persons to Undermine Belarus's Democratic Processes or Institutions
June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, the President
declared a national emergency pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by
the actions and policies of certain members of the Government
of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's democratic
processes or institutions, manifested in the fundamentally
undemocratic March 2006 elections, to commit human rights
abuses related to political repression, including detentions
and disappearances, and to engage in public corruption,
including by diverting or misusing Belarusian public assets or
by misusing public authority.
The actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Belarus and other persons continue to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the measures
adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue
in effect beyond June 16, 2014. Therefore, in accordance with
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13405.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, June 10, 2014.